How to you feel about that?

The therapist's ability to create a strong working relationship with each patient has consistently been found to be the most important predictor of success in therapy. For therapy to succeed, it matters less that therapists have attended a prestigious university or employ a particular style of therapy than that their patients can confidently share their most intimate thoughts with them. But this does not mean that talking to a good friend can help as much as talking to a trained therapist.